Strange field wraps with tabs

MisterX b.xavier at internet.lu
Thu Nov 3 14:19:57 EST 2005


Hi Paul

Im only too glad to help.

Is this bugzillaed? I didn't find it in my last scan... 

;)
Xavier

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> Subject: Strange field wraps with tabs
> 
> Xavier,
> Thank you, again, for the suggestion that tabs might be 
> causing the strange display problems in large fields. I 
> changed the delimiter from tab to "|" and the display 
> problems disappeared.
> The original reason for the tabs was to make the data more 
> transportable - especially to spreadsheets. But it is easy to 
> convert it:
> 
> replace "|" with tab in field "Datafield"
> 
> Or, if one wants to see the data more easily, use " | " - 
> with a space before and after the bar, then
> 
> replace " | " with tab in field "Datafield"
> Good advice. 
> Paul Looney
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